Garment-supporter.



D. WERTZ.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, 1909.

926,916. Patnted July 6', 1909.

74 27215555 5; I21 VEHZUJ DANIEL WERTZ, 0F TOLEDO, onio,

I UNITED STATES OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN F. FLOWERS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that. I, DANIEL WERTZ, a citi-- 'zen of the United States, residing at Toledo,

in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specificat on. I

My invention relates to a garment sup porter, and has for its object to provide a sim le, convenient and reliable device of the kin whereby hose and other articles of ununattached. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing theholder of the supporter attached to a garment, partly broken away. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the supporter as shown in Fig. 1.

' Fig. 4 is a reverse view of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is an edge view of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, 1 designates a bail, formed of a piece, of wire having equal end portions bent slightly converging, inthe same plane to form the arms 2 extending.

from acentral portion 3 of suitable length to have attached thereto flatwise the full width of a garter or sus ender, when looped around the portion 3. he free end portions of the arms 2 are'fiattened to form parallel ears 4 which are perforated in alinement.

In the perforations of the ears 4 is pivoted the holder 5, which is referabl formed of a piece of wire ofsuita 1e lengt having its central portion bent to form a circular or oval loop 6. The end portions are then first twisted aroundone another to form a neck 7 and then bent in opposite out-curves 8, together forming an open U shaped portion 9 extending opposite to the-loo 6 from the neck .7, 1n the same plane. he free end portions 10 of the U shaped portion 9 are then bent outward in alinement and ivoted 'in 'the perforations of the ears 4 of t e bail.

The ends of the pivots 10 being then upset,

tion of a bail, and a ho from the bail 1, which completes the supporter.

To attach the su porter to a stocking or other garment, the older5 is placed against the inner side of thetop portion of the garment and then turned on its ivot outward and upward through the bai 1, and then downward to its normal pendent position, drawing with it .a portion of the fabric as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and.5.

In turning the holder down the fabric is drawn downward intothe U shaped ortion 9 of the holder below the pivot 10, w ereby a pull u ward on the bail tightens the rip of the hol er 5 on the fabric, without producing any tendency to reverse the movement of the bail to release the fabric. The supporter thus constructed and attached provides a strong and secure hold on the garment not liable to become loosened, and the increased area of the fabric engaged by the holder prevents injury thereto.

While the form of the holder 5 shown is preferred, it is manifest that it may be varied without departure from the principle of its operation and attachment, which consists in its complete revolubility through the bail from a pendent position to a pendent position, and its adaptability to carry with it a portion of the fabric, which is thereby drawn through the bail and over the holder below its pivotal attachment to the bail, and I therefore do not limit myself. to a holder of the exact form of construction shown and described.

What I claim to be new is 1. In a garment su porter, the combination of a bail, and a ho der comprising a body portion having diverging arms, sa1d 'arms eing pivotally connected at their outer end portions to the end portions of the bail, and

adapted to normally suspend the holder below the bail, and said holder being adapted to be completely revolved from and to such pendent position in either'direction through the bail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a garment supporter, the combinaer comprising a loop having divergin arms, said arms being piv- I In witness whereof I have hereunto si ned otally connecte at their outer end portions my name in the presence of two subscri ing 10 to the end portions ofhthle bail), imd alila teil witnesses, this 23rd day of February, 1909. to normally sus end '0 e 00 e ow t e a' I i; and said holder being adagted to be com DANIEL WERTZ pletely revolved from and to such pendent In presence ofposition in either direction through the bail, A. D. STEWART, substantially as set forth. M. S. SMITH. 

